Heavy traffic this day at the Joint Line near Palmer Lake. A second BN freight crew is following with Eye contact to the the forerunner train.

Exhibiting ICG's usual kind regard for the railroad in general and odd builders in particular this early "winged" version of the 33 is presumably active but yet pitiful.

This is a helper unit on an eastbound and should be pushing but may be dead, that was not uncommon.

We're not sure why this guy is running light eastbound. I haven't seen much of this angle but I like it.

Hey, it's hot out here. Honestly I don't remember if this guy was a crew member or what. Anyway this EB freight is pulling on the main while another SP WB waits in the siding.

Just another winged beast.

Yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as a clean SP unit after it has left the plant. This one is looking good and check out those wings a dead giveaway for the earliest 33s.

The engineer of the Helper U33C 8631 takes a short rest at the caboose / office of the train order operator after the work is done. The freight train leaves the scene in direction to the tehachapi... (more)

Eastbound train arriving with a unit with mismatched trucks.

Check out this consist. This one is going on to a a train which will go around the loop to go in the opposite direction as Slover Mountain slowly disappears in the background.

The 8600s were full so the last order of this model went into the high 8500s. This one is a helper unit awaiting its next shove.

Milwaukee detour to Kansas City

We're at the east end of the Essex snowshed as an eastbound mixed freight stops while the helper engines (BN F9-A 810, F9-B 809 & GP9 1765) are placed in the train down at Essex proper. This is a... (more)

We're just east of the snowshed at Essex as this eastbound mixed freight throttles up after the helper engines have been cut in down at Essex proper. Behind the two U33C's is former Great Northern... (more)

A westbound manifest has just passed through Rosamond and is starting the short climb to the siding at Ansel